Great Valley Elementary

Great Valley Elementary is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in Stockton, California, part of Manteca Unified, with 983 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 111% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Great Valley Elementary is one of 30 schools operated by Manteca Unified, a district that educates 25,347 students overall.

Demographically, Great Valley Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 19% Asian, 11% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Great Valley Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.3%; this one delivers 26.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Joaquin County put median household income runs about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Great Valley Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is August Knodt Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Great Valley Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.8%.

Great Valley Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 1,121 students in 2018 compared to 983 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.0:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 in 2025.

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